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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
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🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Lynsey Hooper is in the hot seat, with Rory Smith, Daniel Storey and Laurie Whitwell for company in the midst of a momentous international break.
Gareth Bale silences his critics with a brace for Wales and one of the best free-kicks of all time. Where might his club career take him when he leaves Madrid in the summer?
European champions Italy are out of the World Cup after a shock defeat to North Macedonia. Filip Mishov tells us how the underdogs can do the same to Portugal.
Canada qualify for their first World Cup since 1986. But can they do it on a warm night in Qatar?
Plus Ten Hag, Hegerberg and the dilemma facing players regarding a move next summer.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: VAR at the Oscars (01m 30s)
• PART 2: Wales 2-1 Austria (04m 30s)
• PART 3a: Italy 0-1 North Macedonia (17m 00s)
• PART 3b: Portugal v North Macedonia preview with Filip Mishov (24m 30s)
• PART 3c: Ronaldo, Kane & Lewandowski (30m 00s)
• PART 4: CAF & CONCACAF – Canada qualify (40m 00s)
• PART 5: Ten Hag & Hegerberg (49m 00s)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:08.7 | Totally football show. Today, international break. A great week for Cain, Cumbry and Canada, |
| 0:15.1 | a bad week for Marker and Mancini. Onwards, can North Macedonia cancel Cristiano and |
| 0:20.6 | co from Qatar? |
| 0:21.7 | We bring you the full World Cup picture. |
| 0:24.2 | Plus, history at Old Trafford as team wearing red wins football match. |
| 0:28.5 | All that and much, much more in this totally football show in association with Paddy Power. |
| 0:46.8 | Unbelievable. Hello, what a week we've been having, not just the football, it's been the lovely sunshine. |
| 0:54.0 | Lindsay Hooper with you and I'm joined by Daniel's story from the eye, fresh from that Wales game which we'll come on to later, Daniel. |
| 0:55.8 | Yes, good morning, Lindsay. |
| 0:58.9 | Rory Smith from the New York Times. Good morning. |
| 0:59.5 | Morning. |
| 1:02.3 | And Laurie Whitwell from The Athletic. |
| 1:03.5 | Is this full debut, Laurie? |
| 1:06.4 | I think it might be, you know, and thanks so much for having me on, yeah. |
| 1:07.5 | You're welcome. |
| 1:10.7 | On a show where Jimbo isn't hosting. Hope that's not a disappointment for you. |
| 1:14.2 | Absolutely not. Upgrade. Don't tell him. |
| 1:17.7 | That's just turned to debut into a first and last appearance. |
| 1:23.5 | He doesn't listen when he's away, she says. |
| 1:34.3 | Have you all been enjoying this international break? And were you as alarmed to wake up in non-footballing matters to the news that Will Smith had punched Chris Rock? |
| 1:44.1 | I mean, it was nice to, it's always good, I think, on a Monday morning to go on Twitter for your inevitable morning doom scroll and realize that actually there is something on there that will make you turn it off for the next 10 hours and not go on again which is always helpful it's a shame that |
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